Tag: Educational Resources
Call for specialist school to go regional
A Riverina woman is calling for a specialist education service for children with special needs to be relocated outside Sydney.[MORE]
Volunteers needed for school reading program
The Queensland Government has launched a primary school reading program to help boost literacy levels.[MORE]
Bligh launches public online forum on education
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced an online forum to discuss changes to the education system.[MORE]
South East speaks out about MySchool
Education authorities in the New South Wales South East have spoken out about the Federal Government's new MySchool website.[MORE]
TAFE shows interest in research station
The recently-closed Mallee Research Station at Walpeup will be investigated for a range of possible new uses over the next 12 months.[MORE]
Criticism mounts of federal education website
Parents of public school students have joined the chorus of criticism against the Federal Government's new MySchool website. [MORE]
Kimberley schools lag behind
The Federal Government's MySchool website has revealed almost all Kimberley schools are languishing below the national average in literacy and numeracy.[MORE]
MySchool website prompts concern
The WA Primary Principals Association says parents need to understand that the MySchool website is limited in the information it provides.[MORE]
Match education places with demand: Teachers' College
The Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) says the number of education places in universities needs to adequately reflect the demand in schools.[MORE]
Public to get learning centre say
North Burnett residents are being urged to attend a community meeting tonight to discuss the future of the RM Williams learning centre.[MORE]
New schools opening their doors
Three new Queensland state schools will open their doors to students for the first time today, as the summer holidays end.[MORE]
'More support' call for children with behavioural difficulties
The Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) is calling for the families with children who have behavioural difficulties to receive extra support across the state.[MORE]
Sick leave blowing school budgets
In part two of her investigation, Suzanne Smith looks at how swine flu left many schools struggling for cash.[MORE]
'No excuse' for parents funding school essentials
NSW Education Minister says there's no need for any school to ask parents to fundraise for essentials like toilet paper. [MORE]
Parents paying for teachers, toilet paper
Parents are paying for essential resources from teachers to toilet roll in many public primary and secondary schools.[MORE]
School merger decision this week
The State Education Minister, Verity Firth, is due to give her decision this week on a planned merger of two far south coast primary schools.[MORE]
More support sought for one-teacher schools
The Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA) says it wants the Queensland Government to find an extra $2 million to employ extra teachers in some one-teacher schools across the state.[MORE]
Funding targets struggling students
Schools in Victoria's Loddon Mallee region have been given funding to help students who have fallen behind.[MORE]
New marking system for students' work
New guidelines will aim to help teachers mark the work of SA students with greater consistency.[MORE]
Upgrade for rural health school
The Federal health Minister Nicola Roxon has unveiled a $1million upgrade of medical teaching facilities in Tasmania's north-west.[MORE]
Call to overhaul education system
Western Australia's peak business lobby has released a discussion paper calling for an overhaul of the state's education system.[MORE]
More help sought for remote students
Remote parents have renewed their call for extra staff at some one-teacher schools in Queensland.[MORE]
Premier accused of neglecting Aboriginal students
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre wants the Premier David Bartlett to resign from the state education portfolio. [MORE]
Teachers fear downgrading
New South Wales mid-north coast teachers have met the Member for Port Macquarie to discuss concerns over changes to special education services.[MORE]
